Is There a Moral Reason To Limit Family Size?

Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 29 (3/4):26-31 (2009)
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Although we have an important obligation to protect the environment, people are not morally required to choose to have smaller families for environmental reasons.

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10.13021/g8pppq.292009.108

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